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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album|
| Name = American Story
| name = American Story
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Bearfoot (American band)|Bearfoot]]
| artist = [[Bearfoot (American band)|Bearfoot]]
| Cover = Bearfoot - American Story.jpg
| cover = Bearfoot - American Story.jpg
| alt =
| Released = {{Start date|2011|9|27}}<ref name="AllMusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/american-story-mw0002214218 Allmusic: ''Bearfoot - American Story''] Retrieved 2013-05-04</ref>
| released = {{Start date|2011|9|27}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/american-story-mw0002214218 |title=American Story - Bearfoot |website=AllMusic |accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref>
| Recorded =
| recorded =
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| Genre = [[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]], Contemporary Bluegrass, [[Americana (music)|Americana]]<ref name="AllMusic" />
| Length = {{Duration|m=33|s=21}}
| venue =
| Label = [[Compass Records]]
| studio =
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| genre = [[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]], contemporary bluegrass, [[Americana (music)|Americana]]<ref name="AllMusic" />
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| Producer = Brent Truitt<ref name="Liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=American Story|others=Bearfoot |year=2011 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Compass Records |id=COM4566 |location=Nashville, Tennessee}}</ref>
| length = {{Duration|m=33|s=21}}
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| Last album = ''[[Doors and Windows (album)|Doors and Windows]]''<br>(2009)
| label = [[Compass Records|Compass]]
| This album = '''''American Story'''''<br>(2011)
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| producer = Brent Truitt<ref name="Liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=American Story |others=Bearfoot |year=2011 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Compass Records |id=COM4566 |location=Nashville, Tennessee}}</ref>
| Next album =
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| prev_title = [[Doors and Windows (album)|Doors and Windows]]
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
}}


'''''American Story''''' is the fifth album by [[Bearfoot (American band)|Bearfoot]], released in 2011.<ref name="AllMusic" />
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'''''American Story''''' is the fifth album by [[Bearfoot (American band)|Bearfoot]], released in 2011.<ref name="AllMusic" /> Between the release of the previous album, ''Doors and Windows'', and the release of ''American Story'', the band went through a line-up change. Long-term members Kate Hamre and Mike Mickelson left, along with lead singer Odessa Jorgensen, and new members [[Nora Jane Struthers]], Todd Grebe, and P.J. George joined the band.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Folk Alley.com |date=7 November 2011 |title=Review: Bearfoot ~ American Story |author=Blum, Jim |url=http://www.folkalley.com/archives/001220.php |accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref> Nora Jane Struthers, formerly lead singer of The Bootleggers, took on lead singing and songwriting duties for this album.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Mountain Times.com|date=22 September 2011 |title=Bearfoot |url=http://mountaintimes.com/columns-album-reviews/articles/Bearfoot-id-022055 |accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |journal=Roughstock |date=26 September 2011 |title=Bearfoot - American Story |author=Lewis, Stormy |url=http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/bearfoot-american-story |accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref> ''American Story'' was the 7th most aired bluegrass album in 2012.<ref>[http://www.bearfootband.com/fr_home.cfm Bearfoot - News] Retrieved May 4, 2013</ref><ref>[http://rootsmusicreport.com/index.php?page=2012_year_end_chart&genre=bluegrass Roots Music Report - Top 100 Bluegrass Albums of 2012] Retrieved May 4, 2013</ref> The album spent 23 weeks on the Roots Music Report radio airplay chart, 4 weeks at the top.<ref>[http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/01_20_2012_bluegrass_chart.php RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 1/20/12] Retrieved May 4, 2013</ref><ref>[http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/04_13_2012_bluegrass_chart.php RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 4/13/12] Retrieved May 4, 2013</ref><ref>[http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/05_4_2012_bluegrass_chart.php RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 5/4/12] Retrieved May 4, 2013</ref><ref>[http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/06_22_2012_bluegrass_chart.php RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 6/22/12] Retrieved May 4, 2013</ref>

== Development ==
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Between the release of the previous album, ''Doors and Windows'', and the release of ''American Story'', the band went through a line-up change. Long-term members Kate Hamre and Mike Mickelson left, along with lead singer Odessa Jorgensen, and new members [[Nora Jane Struthers]], Todd Grebe, and P.J. George joined the band.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.folkalley.com/archives/001220.php |title=Review: Bearfoot ~ American Story |journal=Folk Alley.com |date=November 7, 2011 |accessdate=May 4, 2013 |author=Blum, Jim}}</ref> Nora Jane Struthers, formerly lead singer of The Bootleggers, took on lead singing and songwriting duties for this album.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://mountaintimes.com/columns-album-reviews/articles/Bearfoot-id-022055 |title=Bearfoot |newspaper=Mountain Times.com |date=September 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629220625/http://mountaintimes.com/columns-album-reviews/articles/Bearfoot-id-022055 |archive-date=2013-06-29 |accessdate=May 4, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bearfoot - American Story |url=http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/bearfoot-american-story |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007140830/http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/bearfoot-american-story |website=Roughstock |date=September 26, 2011 |archivedate=October 7, 2011 |accessdate=May 4, 2013 |author=Lewis, Stormy}}</ref> ''American Story'' was the 7th most aired bluegrass album in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bearfootband.com/fr_home.cfm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717110756/http://bearfootband.com/home |title=Home {{!}} News |archivedate=July 17, 2014 |accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rootsmusicreport.com/index.php?page=2012_year_end_chart&genre=bluegrass |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424145136/http://rootsmusicreport.com/index.php?page=2012_year_end_chart&genre=bluegrass |title=Top 100 Bluegrass Albums of 2012 |work=Roots Music Report |archivedate=April 24, 2013 |accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref> The album spent 23 weeks on the Roots Music Report radio airplay chart, 4 weeks at the top.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/01_20_2012_bluegrass_chart.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131151514/http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/01_20_2012_bluegrass_chart.php |title=RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 1/20/12 |website=Roots Music Report |archivedate=January 31, 2013 |accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/04_13_2012_bluegrass_chart.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131132928/http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/04_13_2012_bluegrass_chart.php |title=RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 4/13/12 |website=Roots Music Report |archivedate=January 31, 2013 |accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/05_4_2012_bluegrass_chart.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131135530/http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/05_4_2012_bluegrass_chart.php |title=RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 5/4/12 |website=Roots Music Report |archivedate=January 31, 2013 |accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/06_22_2012_bluegrass_chart.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131152628/http://rootsmusicreport.com/2.0/charts/archive/06_22_2012_bluegrass_chart.php |title=RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 6/22/12 |website=Roots Music Report |archivedate=January 31, 2013|accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
{{tracklist
#"Tell Me a Story" ([[Nora Jane Struthers]]) - 2:44<ref name="Liner" />
| total_length = 33:21<ref name="AllMusic" />
#"Feel Free" (N.J. Struthers, [[Tim O'Brien (musician)|Tim O'Brien]]) - 3:53
| title1 = Tell Me a Story
#"Midnight in Montana" (Todd Grebe) - 3:57
#"The Dust" (N.J. Struthers) - 4:02
| writer1 = [[Nora Jane Struthers]]<ref name="Liner" />
| length1 = 2:44
#"Come Get Your Lonesome" (T. Grebe) - 3:08
| title2 = Feel Free
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#"When You're Away" (N.J. Struthers, T. Grebe, Angela Oudean, Jason Norris, P.J. George) - 3:00
#"Eyes Cast Down" (N.J. Struthers, Claire Lynch) - 3:21
| writer2 = N.J. Struthers, [[Tim O'Brien (musician)|Tim O'Brien]]
| length2 = 3:57
#"Kill The Rooster" (N.J. Struthers) - 2:48
| title3 = Midnight in Montana
#"Billy" (Annalisa Tornfelt) - 2:06
| writer3 = Todd Grebe
#"Mr. Moonshine" (T. Grebe) - 4:02
| length3 = 4:00
| title4 = The Dust
| writer4 = N.J. Struthers
| length4 = 4:01
| title5 = Come Get Your Lonesome
| writer5 = T. Grebe
| length5 = 3:10
| title6 = When You're Away
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| writer6 = N.J. Struthers, T. Grebe, Angela Oudean, Jason Norris, P.J. George
| length6 = 3:01
| title7 = Eyes Cast Down
| writer7 = N.J. Struthers, Claire Lynch
| length7 = 3:22
| title8 = Kill the Rooster
| writer8 = N.J. Struthers
| length8 = 2:51
| title9 = Billy
| writer9 = Annalisa Tornfelt
| length9 = 2:09
| title10 = Mr. Moonshine
| writer10 = T. Grebe
| length10 = 4:03
}}


==Personnel==
== Personnel ==
'''Bearfoot'''
*Nora Jane Struthers: Lead Vocals (except 3, 10), Harmony Vocals (3, 10), Acoustic Guitar (except 6, 9)<ref name="Liner" />
*Angela Oudean: Fiddle (except 9), Harmony Vocals (except 3, 9), Lead Vocals (5), Tenor Vocal (9), Violin (1, 4)
*Nora Jane Struthers – Lead Vocals (except 3, 10), Harmony Vocals (3, 10), Acoustic Guitar (except 6, 9)<ref name="Liner" />
*Jason Norris: Mandolin (except 8, 9), Harmony Vocals (3, 10), Bass Vocals (9), Viola (1), Fiddle (8)
*Angela Oudean – Fiddle (except 9), Harmony Vocals (except 3, 9), Lead Vocals (5), Tenor Vocal (9), Violin (1, 4)
*Todd Grebe: Lead Vocals (3, 10), Lead Background Vocal (9), Harmony Vocals (8), Lead Acoustic Guitar (1, 2, 3, 7, 10), Acoustic Guitar (4, 5, 6, 8)
*Jason Norris – Mandolin (except 8, 9), Harmony Vocals (3, 10), Bass Vocals (9), Viola (1), Fiddle (8)
*P.J. George: Harmony Vocals (1, 2, 4, 8, 10), Baritone Vocal (9), Electric Bass (1), Bowed Upright Bass (1), Upright Bass (3, 6, 7, 8, 10), Fender P Bass (2, 4), Bowed Bass (7), Drums (1, 2, 3, 7), Snare Drum (5, 10), Banjo (8), Percussion (8)
*Todd Grebe – Lead Vocals (3, 10), Lead Background Vocal (9), Harmony Vocals (8), Lead Acoustic Guitar (1, 2, 3, 7, 10), Acoustic Guitar (4, 5, 6, 8)
*P.J. George – Harmony Vocals (1, 2, 4, 8, 10), Baritone Vocal (9), Electric Bass (1), Bowed Upright Bass (1), Upright Bass (3, 6, 7, 8, 10), Fender P Bass (2, 4), Bowed Bass (7), Drums (1, 2, 3, 7), Snare Drum (5, 10), Banjo (8), Percussion (8)
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with guest musicians
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*Brent Truitt: Tambourine (1, 8)
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*Charlie Cushman: Banjo (3)
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*Jeff Taylor: Accordion (4, 5)


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'''Guest musicians'''
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==References==
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*Brent Truitt – Tambourine (1, 8)
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*Charlie Cushman – Banjo (3)
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*Jeff Taylor – Accordion (4, 5)

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== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.bearfootband.com/fr_home.cfm Bearfoot]
*{{cite web |url=http://www.bearfootband.com/fr_home.cfm |title=Bearfoot's official webpage |website=Bearfoot}}

{{Authority control}}


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Latest revision as of 01:50, 31 December 2021

American Story
Studio album by
Bearfoot
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2011 (2011-09-27)[1]
GenreBluegrass, contemporary bluegrass, Americana[1]
Length33:21
LabelCompass
ProducerBrent Truitt[2]
Bearfoot chronology
Doors and Windows
(2009) 		American Story
(2011)

American Story is the fifth album by Bearfoot, released in 2011.[1]

Development

[edit]

Between the release of the previous album, Doors and Windows, and the release of American Story, the band went through a line-up change. Long-term members Kate Hamre and Mike Mickelson left, along with lead singer Odessa Jorgensen, and new members Nora Jane Struthers, Todd Grebe, and P.J. George joined the band.[3] Nora Jane Struthers, formerly lead singer of The Bootleggers, took on lead singing and songwriting duties for this album.[4][5] American Story was the 7th most aired bluegrass album in 2012.[6][7] The album spent 23 weeks on the Roots Music Report radio airplay chart, 4 weeks at the top.[8][9][10][11]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tell Me a Story"Nora Jane Struthers[2]2:44
2."Feel Free"N.J. Struthers, Tim O'Brien3:57
3."Midnight in Montana"Todd Grebe4:00
4."The Dust"N.J. Struthers4:01
5."Come Get Your Lonesome"T. Grebe3:10
6."When You're Away"N.J. Struthers, T. Grebe, Angela Oudean, Jason Norris, P.J. George3:01
7."Eyes Cast Down"N.J. Struthers, Claire Lynch3:22
8."Kill the Rooster"N.J. Struthers2:51
9."Billy"Annalisa Tornfelt2:09
10."Mr. Moonshine"T. Grebe4:03
Total length:33:21[1]

Personnel

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Bearfoot

  • Nora Jane Struthers – Lead Vocals (except 3, 10), Harmony Vocals (3, 10), Acoustic Guitar (except 6, 9)[2]
  • Angela Oudean – Fiddle (except 9), Harmony Vocals (except 3, 9), Lead Vocals (5), Tenor Vocal (9), Violin (1, 4)
  • Jason Norris – Mandolin (except 8, 9), Harmony Vocals (3, 10), Bass Vocals (9), Viola (1), Fiddle (8)
  • Todd Grebe – Lead Vocals (3, 10), Lead Background Vocal (9), Harmony Vocals (8), Lead Acoustic Guitar (1, 2, 3, 7, 10), Acoustic Guitar (4, 5, 6, 8)
  • P.J. George – Harmony Vocals (1, 2, 4, 8, 10), Baritone Vocal (9), Electric Bass (1), Bowed Upright Bass (1), Upright Bass (3, 6, 7, 8, 10), Fender P Bass (2, 4), Bowed Bass (7), Drums (1, 2, 3, 7), Snare Drum (5, 10), Banjo (8), Percussion (8)

Guest musicians

  • Brent Truitt – Tambourine (1, 8)
  • Charlie Cushman – Banjo (3)
  • Jeff Taylor – Accordion (4, 5)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "American Story - Bearfoot". AllMusic. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c American Story (CD liner notes). Bearfoot. Nashville, Tennessee: Compass Records. 2011. COM4566.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Blum, Jim (November 7, 2011). "Review: Bearfoot ~ American Story". Folk Alley.com. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  4. ^ "Bearfoot". Mountain Times.com. September 22, 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  5. ^ Lewis, Stormy (September 26, 2011). "Bearfoot - American Story". Roughstock. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  6. ^ "Home | News". Archived from the original on July 17, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  7. ^ "Top 100 Bluegrass Albums of 2012". Roots Music Report. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  8. ^ "RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 1/20/12". Roots Music Report. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  9. ^ "RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 4/13/12". Roots Music Report. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  10. ^ "RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 5/4/12". Roots Music Report. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  11. ^ "RMR Radio Airplay Chart - 6/22/12". Roots Music Report. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
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